Card game

Abstract

Disclosed is a card game wherein payouts are based on a maximum number of matching suits in a player's hand. Players have the option to choose the size of their hand at the outset of the game. In one live version, once players select their hand size and place their wagers, dealers deal each player two cards. Additional cards are dealt as common cards. Alternatively, players may be dealt all cards directly. Players are paid based on one of multiple pay tables depending on the maximum number of cards which have identical suits in their hand. The greater the number of identical suits in the hand, the greater the payout. Jackpots, including progressive jackpots, based on poker rankings may also be implemented. In a second live version, players may place six wagers on hands having from two to five cards. In this version, players receive four cards which may be used in combination with a single common card. Electronic gaming devices may also facilitate video versions of the game.

1. A method of conducting a wagering game comprising:
 providing a set of cards; 
 accepting one or more wagers from one or more players, each of said players having an option to place wagers on hands comprising two, three, four and five cards, said wagers being accepted only prior to any cards being dealt; 
 dealing up to three common cards; 
 dealing each player two cards; 
 forming player hands by combining zero, one, two and/or three of said common cards with said two player cards based on each player's one or more wagers, wherein the number of common cards combined with said two player cards is dictated by a largest number of cards on which a player wager has been placed; and 
 resolving each player's one or more wagers based on a maximum number of matching card suits in the player's one or more hands formed using the two player cards in combination with zero, one, two and/or three of the common cards. 
 
   
   
     2. The method of  claim 1  wherein a jackpot award corresponds to a flush formed by the cards in each wagering players' hand. 
   
   
     3. The method of  claim 1  facilitated by an electronic gaming device. 
   
   
     4. The method of  claim 1  facilitated by a network of linked electronic gaming devices. 
   
   
     5. The method of  claim 1  further comprising a jackpot based on hands forming flushes. 
   
   
     6. A method of conducting a wagering game comprising:
 providing a group of cards; 
 accepting one or more wagers from one or more players, said wagers corresponding to a number of cards forming each player's one or more hands, each of said players having an option to place wagers on hands comprising two, three, four and five cards, said wagers being accepted only prior to any cards being dealt; 
 dealing each player two player cards; 
 dealing up to three common cards; 
 combining with said two player cards zero to three common cards dependent on the wagers placed by the players wherein the number of common cards combined with said two player cards is dictated by a largest number of cards on which a player wager has been placed; and 
 resolving each player's one or more wagers based on a maximum number of matching card suits in the player's one or more hands formed using zero to three of the common cards. 
 
   
   
     7. The method of  claim 6  facilitated by an electronic gaming device. 
   
   
     8. The method of  claim 6  facilitated by a network of linked gaming devices. 
   
   
     9. The method of  claim 6  further comprising a jackpot based on flushes formed in each player's hand.